Weekly Update for Sunday, April 13th, 2003

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General News:

• We're currently #5 on TopMUDSites, thanks for voting!
• The APM this year will coincide with Westercon, July 3-6, Seattle. It looks as though there'll be various subgatherings too, including Toronto and DragonCon in Atlanta - if people want to put together pages for those gatherings, I'll be glad to link them in on the community page. -Sanvean

Code News:

• Save rooms are being adjusted/gone through to avoid lag problems caused by rooms with billions of items in them.

World Changes:

• 1 npc from Kronihas, 1 object from Andagorilla (Ashyom)
• Kadian spring cleaning (Ashyom)
• 3 new scripts for UnderTuluk (Bakha)
• Further building in UnderTuluk (Bakha)
• 5 npcs, 5 objects (Bakha)
• Continued Southern Wastes wildlife adjustments (Dyrinis)
• Northern plains script adjustments (Dyrinis)
• Luirs NPC adjustments from Fumar and Kronibas. (Mekeda)
• 2 npcs from Kronibas, 7 tattoos from Kronibas/Marco (Mekeda)
• New food seller and tattoo artist (Mekeda)
• 2 rooms from Sammie, 9 objects (Myrdryn)
• Poets' Circle updates (Sanvean)

Documentation News:

• Webpages added:
  Magicker FAQ
  Roleplaying Cantrips
  Cultural Notes for Magickers in Allanak
• Webpages updated:
  Folksongs
  Roleplaying
• Helpfiles updated:
  CITY_TULUK, NORTHLANDS, CITY_FREILS_REST, CITY_VINEYARD, GUILD_TEMPLAR, HOUSE_KADIUS, HOUSE_REYNOLTE, HOUSE_SALARR, MILITIA, NOBLE, TATLUM, TZAI BYN (all updated by Stryfe to incorporate recent changes in the world)

Staff changes:

• Laeris is retiring, or at least stepping down while real life intervenes for 18 months, and we're very sorry to hear it.

Bugs/typos/ideas fixed or implemented submitted by the following folks:

Angelachristine (1), Arkala (1), Ashyom (1), Callisto (1), Delirium (6), Elzocone (1), Godkarma (2), Hoodwink (1), Jacob (1), Khorm (1), Lazloth (1), Mekeda (2), Morgenes (1), Myrdryn (3), Naephet (1), Nari (2), Phoenix (5), Phata (1), Progeny (2), Shinigami (1), Sirilla (1), Waldo (1), Xeria (2)
Fixers were Mekeda, Myrdryn, Nessalin and Sanvean

Clan and Special Character News:

• Borsail players - I haven't heard from Kivan, so I don' know what's up. For now, please send problems, concerns and requests to the mud account. Thanks.
  
  
• Akei Ta Var: Bakha
• Allanak Militia: Zagren and Shinigami
• Allanak Templars: Zagren and Shinigami
• Anyali: Myrdryn
• Bards of Poets' Circle: Sanvean
• House Borsail: The mud account
• The Guild: ic recruitment only - send issues to Zagren
• Haruch Kemad: Zagren
• Jihaen Templars: Bakha
• Kadius: Naephet and Ashyom
• Kurac: Mekeda
• Lirathan Templars: Bakha
• Jihaen Templars: Bakha
• Nenyuk: Kurano
• House Oash: Nechomacus
• Salarr: Cerebus
• Tan Muark: Savak
• House Tor: Myrdryn
• T'zai Byn: ic recruitment only - send issues to Tlaloc
• House Winrothol: Vendyra
  
  
• Applications for gladiators should be sent to Bhagarva
• Applications for sponsored characters should be sent to Naephet

66 applications approved, 10 edited, 32 denied.
There are 27153 rooms, 16615 objects, and 5993 npcs in the game.